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Cision Canada
5 days ago
- Business
- Cision Canada
TELUS provides wholesale wireless to support Cogeco's mobility launch while reaffirming the need for equitable wholesale fibre access Français
Championing competition, investment, innovation, and affordability through reciprocal wholesale frameworks TORONTO, July 24, 2025 /CNW/ - TELUS congratulates Cogeco on the launch of their wireless network, and is pleased to serve as the wholesale wireless network provider enabling Cogeco's entry into the mobile market. Through the established MVNO regulatory framework by the CRTC, Cogeco is now able to offer customers in Ontario and Quebec an integrated suite of services, now adding wireless to its internet and TV offerings. "In honouring our regulatory obligations, TELUS is enabling Cogeco's wireless launch by providing wholesale access to our award-winning broadband wireless network. Indeed, Cogeco will be able to access TELUS' wireless network in Cogeco's incumbent operating territories in Ontario and Quebec, owing to TELUS' expansion of its original wireless footprint from Western Canada to national coverage," said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO, TELUS. "This exemplifies our longstanding commitment to expanding reliable connectivity and fostering healthy competition for Canadians. In turn, we urge the same spirit of fairness in wholesale fibre access for TELUS across Eastern Canada, so that all Canadians, regardless of geography, can benefit from greater choice, innovation and affordability." TELUS' broadband wireless network is Canada's most awarded network for speed, reliability, coverage and network quality. TELUS is also investing a further $2 billion over five years to expand its broadband footprint in Ontario and Quebec, offering consumers enhanced affordability, access to next-generation digital services, and integrated bundles that combine PureFibre and wireless with AI-powered smart home energy solutions, personalized healthcare, accessible security, and immersive entertainment. This investment programme comes on top of the $70 billion TELUS announced earlier this year to enhance broadband connectivity, strengthen competition and consumer choice, support Canadian AI leadership and fuel economic growth through 2029. This builds on the more than $276 billion TELUS has committed since 2000. TELUS remains a strong advocate for policy and regulatory environments that ensure fairness, transparency, and national consistency in wholesale access. When competition is symmetrical, Canadians across the country are the ultimate beneficiaries. We're always building Canada. About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a world-leading communications technology company operating in more than 45 countries and generating over $20 billion in annual revenue with more than 20 million customer connections through our advanced suite of broadband services for consumers, businesses and the public sector. We are committed to leveraging our technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. TELUS is passionate about putting our customers and communities first, leading the way globally in client service excellence and social capitalism. Our TELUS Health business is enhancing more than 150 million lives across 200 countries and territories through innovative preventive medicine and well-being technologies. Our TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods business utilizes digital technologies and data insights to optimize the connection between producers and consumers. Guided by our enduring 'give where we live' philosophy, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.8 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs including 2.4 million days of service since 2000, earning us the distinction of the world's most giving company. We're always building Canada. For more information, please contact: Emily Piccinin TELUS Public Relations [email protected] SOURCE TELUS Communications Inc.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
TELUS provides wholesale wireless to support Cogeco's mobility launch while reaffirming the need for equitable wholesale fibre access
Championing competition, investment, innovation, and affordability through reciprocal wholesale frameworks TORONTO, July 24, 2025 /CNW/ - TELUS congratulates Cogeco on the launch of their wireless network, and is pleased to serve as the wholesale wireless network provider enabling Cogeco's entry into the mobile market. Through the established MVNO regulatory framework by the CRTC, Cogeco is now able to offer customers in Ontario and Quebec an integrated suite of services, now adding wireless to its internet and TV offerings. 'In honouring our regulatory obligations, TELUS is enabling Cogeco's wireless launch by providing wholesale access to our award-winning broadband wireless network. Indeed, Cogeco will be able to access TELUS' wireless network in Cogeco's incumbent operating territories in Ontario and Quebec, owing to TELUS' expansion of its original wireless footprint from Western Canada to national coverage,' said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO, TELUS. 'This exemplifies our longstanding commitment to expanding reliable connectivity and fostering healthy competition for Canadians. In turn, we urge the same spirit of fairness in wholesale fibre access for TELUS across Eastern Canada, so that all Canadians, regardless of geography, can benefit from greater choice, innovation and affordability.' TELUS' broadband wireless network is Canada's most awarded network for speed, reliability, coverage and network quality. TELUS is also investing a further $2 billion over five years to expand its broadband footprint in Ontario and Quebec, offering consumers enhanced affordability, access to next-generation digital services, and integrated bundles that combine PureFibre and wireless with AI-powered smart home energy solutions, personalized healthcare, accessible security, and immersive entertainment. This investment programme comes on top of the $70 billion TELUS announced earlier this year to enhance broadband connectivity, strengthen competition and consumer choice, support Canadian AI leadership and fuel economic growth through 2029. This builds on the more than $276 billion TELUS has committed since 2000. TELUS remains a strong advocate for policy and regulatory environments that ensure fairness, transparency, and national consistency in wholesale access. When competition is symmetrical, Canadians across the country are the ultimate beneficiaries. We're always building Canada. About TELUS TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a world-leading communications technology company operating in more than 45 countries and generating over $20 billion in annual revenue with more than 20 million customer connections through our advanced suite of broadband services for consumers, businesses and the public sector. We are committed to leveraging our technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. TELUS is passionate about putting our customers and communities first, leading the way globally in client service excellence and social capitalism. Our TELUS Health business is enhancing more than 150 million lives across 200 countries and territories through innovative preventive medicine and well-being technologies. Our TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods business utilizes digital technologies and data insights to optimize the connection between producers and consumers. Guided by our enduring 'give where we live' philosophy, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $1.8 billion in cash, in-kind contributions, time and programs including 2.4 million days of service since 2000, earning us the distinction of the world's most giving company. We're always building Canada. For more information, visit or follow @TELUSNews on X and @Darren_Entwistle on Instagram. For more information, please contact: Emily Piccinin TELUS Public Relations [email protected] SOURCE TELUS Communications Inc.
Hamilton Spectator
19-07-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Cogeco, Eastlink seek to appeal CRTC decision on wholesale fibre rules
Two telecommunications companies are seeking to appeal a recent CRTC decision that reaffirmed the ability of Canada's Big Three internet companies to resell fibre internet over rivals' networks. In a legal challenge filed at the Federal Court of Appeal on Friday, Cogeco Inc. and Halifax-based Eastlink said the regulator's June decision should be quashed. They alleged that the CRTC rendered an 'effectively arbitrary decision' that ignored key arguments and evidence, while also erring in law and jurisdiction. 'Based on the incorrect conclusion that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, the CRTC allowed the Big Three to co-opt a regulatory framework ... to instead compete against each other and against these truly new, regional, and smaller providers,' the court filing states. Last month, the CRTC ruled that Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. can provide internet service to customers using fibre networks built by one another — as long as they are doing so outside their core serving regions. Telus has defended that policy as a way to boost competition in regions where it doesn't have its own network infrastructure, which then improves affordability for customers. Bell and Rogers oppose it, saying the rules discourage the major providers from investing in their own infrastructure. Many regional and independent carriers have raised concerns that it could make it more difficult for them to compete against larger players. They point out the Big Three are able to offer bundled internet, cellphone and TV packages for a discount, while some standalone internet providers cannot. 'The CRTC is stubbornly maintaining a broken ... resale regime that has completely failed to meet its original objective to help new entrants get into the market,' Cogeco president and CEO Frédéric Perron said earlier this week on his company's latest earnings call. 'The CRTC is misusing its power and is favouring telecom giants at the expense of regional players such as Cogeco. It's like forcing regional airlines to let national airlines use their planes. It just doesn't make any sense.' The CRTC said its rules effectively balance the need for both competition and investment, while only having a 'modest' near-term effect on the market share of regional carriers. It said it plans to continue evaluating the effect on the industry, noting there have been 'early indicators of improved competitive intensity' but that the extent to which the new rules 'will ultimately be successful is still unknown.' But Cogeco and Eastlink say the CRTC erred in law 'in a way that irremediably tainted the rest of its analysis.' It said the regulator's decision 'treats the country's largest and most powerful telecommunications service providers as 'new' and reduces barriers to competition for the largest players in the telecommunications market, while increasing these barriers — with potentially fatal effect — for everyone else.' The carriers argued that the commission should 'not have concluded that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, given that they are the largest providers of telecommunications services across Canada.' Cogeco and Eastlink also characterized the CRTC's reasoning for its decision as 'so insufficient that the CRTC breached procedural fairness and effectively rendered an arbitrary decision by wholly failing to acknowledge or address the long-term effects of bundling ... or the incoherence of the policy with the broader regulatory regime.' The framework initially kicked in May 2024 on a limited basis, when the regulator began requiring Bell and Telus to give competitors — including both big and small companies — access to their fibre-to-the-home networks, in exchange for a fee. Those rules initially applied only in Ontario and Quebec, as the CRTC cited a significant competitive decline in those provinces. It noted independent internet providers had been serving 47 per cent fewer customers than two years earlier as many were bought out by larger internet providers. The CRTC announced in August 2024 the rules would be extended to networks owned by telephone companies countrywide. But the federal government then asked the commission to reconsider whether the Big Three providers should be able to act as wholesalers under the rules, citing concern about the viability of smaller internet providers to act as alternatives. The CRTC opened a consultation into the matter and issued a temporary decision this past February that upheld the rules, followed by its final determination in June. The federal cabinet has until Aug. 13 to decide whether to overrule that decision. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025. Companies in this story: (TSX:CGO, TSX:BCE, TSX:T, TSX:RCI.B)
Hamilton Spectator
19-07-2025
- Business
- Hamilton Spectator
Cogeco, Eastlink seek to appeal CRTC decision on wholesale rules
Two telecommunications companies are seeking to appeal a recent CRTC decision that reaffirmed the ability of Canada's Big Three internet companies to resell internet over rivals' networks. In a legal challenge filed at the Federal Court of Appeal on Friday, Cogeco Inc. and Halifax-based Eastlink said the regulator's June decision should be quashed. They alleged that the CRTC rendered an 'effectively arbitrary decision' that ignored key arguments and evidence, while also erring in law and jurisdiction. 'Based on the incorrect conclusion that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, the CRTC allowed the Big Three to co-opt a regulatory framework ... to instead compete against each other and against these truly new, regional, and smaller providers,' the court filing states. Last month, the CRTC ruled that Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. can provide internet service to customers using networks built by one another — as long as they are doing so outside their core serving regions. Telus has defended that policy as a way to boost competition in regions where it doesn't have its own network infrastructure, which then improves affordability for customers. Bell and Rogers oppose it, saying the rules discourage the major providers from investing in their own infrastructure. Many regional and independent carriers have raised concerns that it could make it more difficult for them to compete against larger players. They point out the Big Three are able to offer bundled internet, cellphone and TV packages for a discount, while some standalone internet providers cannot. 'The CRTC is stubbornly maintaining a broken ... resale regime that has completely failed to meet its original objective to help new entrants get into the market,' Cogeco president and CEO Frédéric Perron said earlier this week on his company's latest earnings call. 'The CRTC is misusing its power and is favouring telecom giants at the expense of regional players such as Cogeco. It's like forcing regional airlines to let national airlines use their planes. It just doesn't make any sense.' The CRTC said its rules effectively balance the need for both competition and investment, while only having a 'modest' near-term effect on the market share of regional carriers. It said it plans to continue evaluating the effect on the industry, noting there have been 'early indicators of improved competitive intensity' but that the extent to which the new rules 'will ultimately be successful is still unknown.' But Cogeco and Eastlink say the CRTC erred in law 'in a way that irremediably tainted the rest of its analysis.' It said the regulator's decision 'treats the country's largest and most powerful telecommunications service providers as 'new' and reduces barriers to competition for the largest players in the telecommunications market, while increasing these barriers — with potentially fatal effect — for everyone else.' The carriers argued that the commission should 'not have concluded that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, given that they are the largest providers of telecommunications services across Canada.' Cogeco and Eastlink also characterized the CRTC's reasoning for its decision as 'so insufficient that the CRTC breached procedural fairness and effectively rendered an arbitrary decision by wholly failing to acknowledge or address the long-term effects of bundling ... or the incoherence of the policy with the broader regulatory regime.' The framework initially kicked in May 2024 on a limited basis, when the regulator began requiring Bell and Telus to give competitors — including both big and small companies — access to their networks, in exchange for a fee. Those rules initially applied only in Ontario and Quebec, as the CRTC cited a significant competitive decline in those provinces. It noted independent internet providers had been serving 47 per cent fewer customers than two years earlier as many were bought out by larger internet providers. The CRTC announced in August 2024 the rules would be extended to networks owned by telephone companies countrywide. But the federal government then asked the commission to reconsider whether the Big Three providers should be able to act as wholesalers under the rules, citing concern about the viability of smaller internet providers to act as alternatives. The CRTC opened a consultation into the matter and issued a temporary decision this past February that upheld the rules, followed by its final determination in June. The federal cabinet has until Aug. 13 to decide whether to overrule that decision. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025. Companies in this story: (TSX:CGO, TSX:BCE, TSX:T, TSX:RCI.B) Note to readers:This is a clarified story. A previous version said the appeal only covered wholesale fibre rules. In fact, it applies to all types of telecom networks.
Yahoo
18-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cogeco, Eastlink seek to appeal CRTC decision on wholesale fibre rules
Two telecommunications companies are seeking to appeal a recent CRTC decision that reaffirmed the ability of Canada's Big Three internet companies to resell fibre internet over rivals' networks. In a legal challenge filed at the Federal Court of Appeal on Friday, Cogeco Inc. and Halifax-based Eastlink said the regulator's June decision should be quashed. They alleged that the CRTC rendered an "effectively arbitrary decision" that ignored key arguments and evidence, while also erring in law and jurisdiction. "Based on the incorrect conclusion that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, the CRTC allowed the Big Three to co-opt a regulatory framework ... to instead compete against each other and against these truly new, regional, and smaller providers," the court filing states. Last month, the CRTC ruled that Rogers Communications Inc., BCE Inc. and Telus Corp. can provide internet service to customers using fibre networks built by one another — as long as they are doing so outside their core serving regions. Telus has defended that policy as a way to boost competition in regions where it doesn't have its own network infrastructure, which then improves affordability for customers. Bell and Rogers oppose it, saying the rules discourage the major providers from investing in their own infrastructure. Many regional and independent carriers have raised concerns that it could make it more difficult for them to compete against larger players. They point out the Big Three are able to offer bundled internet, cellphone and TV packages for a discount, while some standalone internet providers cannot. "The CRTC is stubbornly maintaining a broken ... resale regime that has completely failed to meet its original objective to help new entrants get into the market," Cogeco president and CEO Frédéric Perron said earlier this week on his company's latest earnings call. "The CRTC is misusing its power and is favouring telecom giants at the expense of regional players such as Cogeco. It's like forcing regional airlines to let national airlines use their planes. It just doesn't make any sense." The CRTC said its rules effectively balance the need for both competition and investment, while only having a "modest" near-term effect on the market share of regional carriers. It said it plans to continue evaluating the effect on the industry, noting there have been "early indicators of improved competitive intensity" but that the extent to which the new rules "will ultimately be successful is still unknown." But Cogeco and Eastlink say the CRTC erred in law "in a way that irremediably tainted the rest of its analysis." It said the regulator's decision "treats the country's largest and most powerful telecommunications service providers as 'new' and reduces barriers to competition for the largest players in the telecommunications market, while increasing these barriers — with potentially fatal effect — for everyone else." The carriers argued that the commission should "not have concluded that the Big Three are 'new' service providers, given that they are the largest providers of telecommunications services across Canada." Cogeco and Eastlink also characterized the CRTC's reasoning for its decision as "so insufficient that the CRTC breached procedural fairness and effectively rendered an arbitrary decision by wholly failing to acknowledge or address the long-term effects of bundling ... or the incoherence of the policy with the broader regulatory regime." The framework initially kicked in May 2024 on a limited basis, when the regulator began requiring Bell and Telus to give competitors — including both big and small companies — access to their fibre-to-the-home networks, in exchange for a fee. Those rules initially applied only in Ontario and Quebec, as the CRTC cited a significant competitive decline in those provinces. It noted independent internet providers had been serving 47 per cent fewer customers than two years earlier as many were bought out by larger internet providers. The CRTC announced in August 2024 the rules would be extended to networks owned by telephone companies countrywide. But the federal government then asked the commission to reconsider whether the Big Three providers should be able to act as wholesalers under the rules, citing concern about the viability of smaller internet providers to act as alternatives. The CRTC opened a consultation into the matter and issued a temporary decision this past February that upheld the rules, followed by its final determination in June. The federal cabinet has until Aug. 13 to decide whether to overrule that decision. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 18, 2025. Companies in this story: (TSX:CGO, TSX:BCE, TSX:T, TSX:RCI.B) Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press Sign in to access your portfolio
